The proponents of the traditional classroom and the edtech naysayers have been insisting over the past few years that students need to learn from actual books. Most feel that these more traditional educators just aren't caught up with the times. But they've been screaming loudly. Here at Techfaster we've seen first hand the effects of [...]
In today's modern home there's a sensor, an app and a device for everything. You can brew coffee automatically, see who's at the front door, feed your dog, shut the blinds and even control your thermostat with a connected smart device. But what about your yard. Nathan Cauffman has developed a new smart irrigation system [...]
Last Spring at SXSWedu, MinecraftEDU was a huge hit. MinecraftEDU is a way that teachers can take a popular game with middle school and early high school aged children and apply it to principals in STEM focused education. There are several lessons around architecture, physics, and problem solving that can be gained from using Minecraft [...]
Fresh on the heels of the news that former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer resigned his board seat with Microsoft to focus on his other endeavors, the 58 year old executive, and LA Clippers owner, has accepted a position as a professor at Stanford. According to Geekwire Ballmer has teamed up with Stanford faculty member Susan [...]
Piracy is definitely on the rise. Everywhere you turn there are more and more stories about how piracy is effecting just about every media industry in the world. Recently we ran a story about a new startup company called DemandFlicks that hopes to curb movie piracy. Back in December we reported that pop songstress Beyonce [...]
Earlier this summer at ISTE we got a chance to talk with Common Sense Media about Graphite. Graphite, is a platform that works similarly to Common Sense Media but instead of evaluating how age appropriate an app, game or website is for kids, it looks at how educational websites, games and apps are. Common Sense [...]
This is one of those good problems to have. Sony recently reported that they've sold 10 million PS4 systems to date. By all accounts, not only is Sony kicking Microsoft's ass in next generation console sales but they've surpassed any level of sales that they had initially thought. ArsTechnica reported on Tuesday that Sony's head [...]
The great Robin Williams passed away last week. The world was in shock and it filled up Facebook and Twitter feeds worldwide. Unfortunately this time it was for real. You see, on social media Williams had actually died at least 6 other times over the years. Hashtags like #RIPRobinWilliams first started surfacing in 2011. But [...]
For years I was a loyal user to Hallmark's e-card app. I was able to send Hoops & YoYo cards to everyone on my list for every occasion. They were big hits and quickly brought a smile to the faces of just about everyone I know. Well then the mobile boom came and I went [...]
One of the hardest things for companies to do, especially smaller companies, is convert leads on their website. There are a ton of reasons why this is, but it boils down to a simple time vs. cost equation. We just came across one company, Connecto, that aims to help business convert at a much higher [...]
